Sheikh Eshraq Was Expert on Islamic, Quranic Teachings
--There have been few philosophers in the history of Islam who have had as much understanding of the Quranic concepts as Sohrevardi did.
This is according to Dr Gholamhossein Ebrahimi Dinani, philosophy instructor at the University of Tehran, who was speaking at a ceremony in Tehran held to honor Sheikh Shahab-ol-Din Sohrevardi, great twelfth-century Iranian philosopher.
“Sohrevardi’s works including Kitab al-Mashari' wa'l-Motarahat, Kitab al-Moqawamat, Kitab Hikmat al-Ishraq and Mantiq al-Talwihat not only reflect his mastery over Aristotelian logic and philosophy, but also demonstrate his vast understanding of Islamic and Quranic teachings,” Professor Dinani stated.
“Sohrevardi points to Quranic teachings and concepts all over his books and that shows how familiar he is with the Quran. And in his will, Sohrevardi recommends: Read the verses of the holy Quran as they have been revealed to you only and to no one else.”
Dinani referred to Sohrevardi as a philosopher with a multifaceted character and one whose thought was the converging point of the thought trends of ancient Iran, ancient Greece and Islam.
“What is interesting is that, besides Islamic philosophy and Gnosticism, Sohrevardi was also an expert on Islamic Fiqh and jurisprudence. One of his books in Osoul (fundamentals of jurisprudence) has been lately published in Saudi Arabia and another book by him on Fiqh, which none of us knew of, is to be published in that country soon.”
Sheikh Shahab-ol-Din Sohrevardi -also known as Sheikh Eshraq- was born in 1155 in North-West-Iran and was martyred in 1191 in Aleppo, now Syria. He was the founder of the Maktab-e Eshraq (School of Illumination), an important school in Islamic philosophy.
The ceremony to honor Sohrevardi was held on Monday by the Iranian Philosophy and Wisdom Society. It was attended by philosophy experts and scholars including Dr Gholamreza Avani, Daryush Shayegan, Hassan Bolkhari, Mohsen Kadivar and Manuchehr Sadoqi Soha.
“Sohrevardi’s works including Kitab al-Mashari' wa'l-Motarahat, Kitab al-Moqawamat, Kitab Hikmat al-Ishraq and Mantiq al-Talwihat not only reflect his mastery over Aristotelian logic and philosophy, but also demonstrate his vast understanding of Islamic and Quranic teachings,” Professor Dinani stated.
“Sohrevardi points to Quranic teachings and concepts all over his books and that shows how familiar he is with the Quran. And in his will, Sohrevardi recommends: Read the verses of the holy Quran as they have been revealed to you only and to no one else.”
Dinani referred to Sohrevardi as a philosopher with a multifaceted character and one whose thought was the converging point of the thought trends of ancient Iran, ancient Greece and Islam.
“What is interesting is that, besides Islamic philosophy and Gnosticism, Sohrevardi was also an expert on Islamic Fiqh and jurisprudence. One of his books in Osoul (fundamentals of jurisprudence) has been lately published in Saudi Arabia and another book by him on Fiqh, which none of us knew of, is to be published in that country soon.”
Sheikh Shahab-ol-Din Sohrevardi -also known as Sheikh Eshraq- was born in 1155 in North-West-Iran and was martyred in 1191 in Aleppo, now Syria. He was the founder of the Maktab-e Eshraq (School of Illumination), an important school in Islamic philosophy.
The ceremony to honor Sohrevardi was held on Monday by the Iranian Philosophy and Wisdom Society. It was attended by philosophy experts and scholars including Dr Gholamreza Avani, Daryush Shayegan, Hassan Bolkhari, Mohsen Kadivar and Manuchehr Sadoqi Soha.
